Line of Duty

Name: Line of Duty
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2012-06-26
Rating: 8.245
Cast: Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Gregory Piper, Nigel Boyle

If you think catching criminals is tough, try catching police officers.

8.2(444 votes)

2012

6 Seasons • 36 Episodes

Crime

Drama

Mystery

A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

Status: Returning Series

First Air Date: 6/26/2012

Seasons

Series 1

5 episodes

DS Steve Arnott is transferred to the police anti-corruption unit after the death of a man in a mistaken shooting during a counter-terrorist operation by another cop.

Episodes

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Series 2

6 episodes

An ambush of a police convoy results in three police officers dead and a protected witness seriously injured. The sole surviving police officer is Detective Inspector Lindsay Denton. Deputy Chief Constable Mike Dryden takes personal charge, assigning AC-12 to the case. Initially AC-12’s most valuable witness, the suspicion soon arises that Denton could be their prime suspect. In the pursuit of corruption, how far will they go to uncover the truth?

Series 3

6 episodes

After a criminal is shot dead during a police raid, the AC-12 team begins examining the conduct of Sergeant Danny Waldron, leader of an elite unit. But Waldron’s loyal team obstructs the investigation, and the truth about the shooting proves more complicated than Arnott and Fleming could ever have imagined.

Series 4

6 episodes

The fourth series sees AC-12 facing their most devious opponent yet! Under pressure from her superiors, DCI Roz Huntley charges a young man with a series of murders after months of fruitless investigation, but is he guilty? The Chief Forensic Investigator has doubts and turns to AC-12.

Series 5

6 episodes

Series 5 follows the actions of Superintendent Ted Hastings, D.I. Kate Fleming and D.S. Steve Arnott as they investigate an Organised Crime Group with links to missing undercover officer D.S. John Corbett.

Series 6

7 episodes

Series 6 sees AC-12 facing their most enigmatic adversary so far: Detective Chief Inspector Joanne Davidson, the senior investigating officer of a high-profile unsolved murder.